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Making change happen for black and minority ethnic disabled people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Four grassroots development projects were supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to generate practical learning about how to make change happen for black and minority ethnic disabled people. EQUALITIES aimed to increase the local voice of black and minority ethnic disabled people and carers. International Somali Community Trust employed direct advocacy and set up a user forum for Somali-speaking disabled people. People in Action supported ROOOTS, six African Caribbean people with learning difficulties, to deliver training to local service providers. Tassibee trained Pakistani Muslim women with experience of mental health difficulties to run self-help groups.
The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families
- Author:
- SHAH Robina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on services for children with disabilities in Asian families. Challenges many of the stereotypes which may be held by service providers about parents' attitudes to their child's special needs. Explores parents' awareness of the services available to help them, and their views of these services.
The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families
- Author:
- SHAH Robina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 118p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Focuses on service provision and challenges many of the stereotypes which may be held by service providers about parents' attitudes towards their child's special needs. Explores parents' awareness of available services and their views on the effectiveness of them. Emphasises the importance of listening to parents and makes recommendations for improvements in services. Also contains information about the cultural, religious, linguistic and social values which make up the Asian community.
Improving support for black disabled people: lessons from community organisations on making change happen
- Author:
- SINGH Becca
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study reviews the JRF's Making Change Happen programme, which provided a year’s funding to four grassroots development organisations with a track record in providing support to black disabled people. The report sets out the lessons that emerged from the four development projects. It includes: overviews of the four development projects; lessons and common themes, with boxed illustrations from the projects; detailed case studies from two of the projects; practical pointers and suggestions for voluntary and community organisations wishing to improve support to black and minority ethnic disabled people; and some questions for funders and service providers to consider.
Channel crossing
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.09.04, 2004, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on an Anglo-French partnership, between Medway Council and the Maison de l'Initiative in the Grande Synthe region, which is pioneering 'cultural mediation' as a way to combat exclusion among ethnic minorities. The project is funded until July 2005 by the European Union's Interreg IIIA programme. In Medway the project is focusing on improving access to social services for people from ethnic minorities with mental health needs, physical disabilities and learning difficulties. In France the mediators are targeting employment issues for ethnic minorities.
The Scottish Translation, Interpreting and Communication Forum: good practice guidelines 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Scottish Translation Interpreting and communication Forum
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Encounters with strangers: feminism and disability
- Editor:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Women's Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 234p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the ways feminism can and must acknowledge disabled women for the benefit of all. Looks at ways in which disabled women have been disempowered and rendered invisible.
Do it yourself
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.91, 1991, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Profiles a number of self-advocacy groups : the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People, People First, Survivors Speak Out, Standing Conference of Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens.
Reaching black families?: A study of Contact a Family in Lewisham and the relevance of services for black families who have children with disabilities and special needs
- Author:
- CONTACT A FAMILY
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 30p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
A study of Contact a Family in Lewisham and the relevance of services for black families who have children with disabilities and special needs.
When love is not enough: how mental health professionals can help special-needs adoptive families
- Author:
- SANDMAIER Marian
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 92p., diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Aims to help mental health professionals to work with families prior to adoption, maximise adjustment after adoption, and prevent placement disruption.